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Category: Pedestrian Accidents

Today (May 31) began a test program at the intersection of State Street and Jackson Blvd. in Chicago that allowed people to walk diagonally across the intersection during a preset interval.

The changes in this new pedestrian crossing pattern, called the “pedestrian scramble” (or alternately as the “Barnes Dance”) are supposed to make the intersection safer for pedestrians and easier for traffic.

The test involves stopping all vehicles — heading east on Jackson and north and south on State — for 35 seconds every third traffic light cycle to let pedestrians cross in all directions, including diagonally.

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About 3,000 vehicle crashes involving pedestrians, causing several dozen pedestrian deaths, occur in Chicago each year, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The city’s pedestrian plan calls for reducing crash-related pedestrian injuries by 50 percent.

Last night (May 27) there was a fatal pedestrian accident on Cicero Avenue near Chicago’s Midway Airport, involving a taxicab hitting a man.

The accident happened at approximately 11:30 p.m., as the taxi was heading southbound on Cicero. The man stepped onto the street and was struck on Cicero just south of Archer Avenue. The man was not in a crosswalk at the time of the accident.